VIS693537: islamic art-cast of mihrab-plaster-inv.n.3099-from the mosque of Ibn Tulun-original datable to 1097-IMG_5296 / Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo, Egypt / Bridgeman Images

VIS693538: islamic art-cast of mihrab-plaster-inv.n.3099-from the mosque of Ibn Tulun-original datable to 1097-IMG_5297 / Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo, Egypt / Bridgeman Images

VIS693410: islamic art-detail of a panel-stucco-inv.n.1403-from the madrasa of al Malik,al Kamil-Ayyubid 1225-IMG_5780 / Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo, Egypt / Bridgeman Images

VIS693540: islamic art-detail of cast of mihrab-plaster-inv.n.3099-from the mosque of Ibn Tulun-original datable to 1097-IMG_5300 / Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo, Egypt / Bridgeman Images

JSA617472: Chester Kallman, Clement Greenberg, W.H. Auden, Jean Connolly and Tania Stern in the garden at Green Cottage, Amenia, New York, summer 1941 (b/w photo) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

TW1213287: Oil on Board, 1962 (oil & sand on board), Crisp, John Harris (1914-83) / Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK / Bridgeman Images

TW473965: St Mark's, Venice (pastel on paper, on card) , Brabazon, Hercules Brabazon (1821-1906) / Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK / Bridgeman Images

CH3929857: Canyon Diablo Meteorite, Meteor Crater, Coconino County, Arizona (iron) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

COU5892016: Trees by a Lake, Le Parc de Carrières-St-Denis, 1909 (oil on canvas), Derain, Andre (1880-1954) / The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) / Bridgeman Images

PCT4716493: Pierre Soulages' artwork in Musee Fabre in Montpellier (Herault, Occitanie), Soulages, Pierre (1919-2022) / Bridgeman Images

TW1213381: Composition, 1965 (oil on canvas), Joseph, Peter (b.1929) / Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK / Bridgeman Images

JSA617476: W.H. Auden, Clement Greenberg, Tania Stern, Jean Connolly and friends at Green Cottage, Amenia, New York, summer 1941 (b/w photo) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

MGP617568: Dame Edith Sitwell, 1962 (photo), Gerson, Mark / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

MGP617317: Henry Moore and his wife in their newly built lounge, 1960 (photo), Gerson, Mark / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

MEP1191118: Cover of Casabella, N. 476-477, January-February 1982, 20th Century, graphic, 31 x 24,5 cm, Italian School, (20th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

STM621288: Coal Elevators, 1936 (oil on canvas), Crawford, Ralston (1906-78) / Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, USA / Bridgeman Images

ELC2627902: Oedipus and Antigone, 1928 (oil on canvas), Savinio, Alberto (Chirico, Andrea de) (1891-1952) / Museo d'Arte Moderna Mario Rimoldi, Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy / Bridgeman Images

PCT4280408: Mereau: metal token (brad or yellow copper) inspired by a Venetian sequin or ducat. This piece was struck in the 19th century by London merchants John Cook (or Wilcox) and Sons (and his sons - Joannes Ille Coquus Sui Filiiove) for trade with colonized Africa - Similar tokens with abstract representations of Christ, Doge and St. Lawrence, but in gold, are known in India. In the eastern Mediterranean, the sequins and ducats, the currency of Venice, have long been a prestigious means of payment and have often been imitated. / Bridgeman Images

PCT4280434: Mereau: metal token (brad or yellow copper) inspired by a Venetian sequin or ducat. This piece was struck in the 19th century by London merchants John Cook (or Wilcox) and Sons (and his sons - Joannes Ille Coquus Sui Filiiove) for trade with colonized Africa - Similar tokens with abstract representations of Christ, Doge and St. Lawrence, but in gold, are known in India. In the eastern Mediterranean, the sequins and ducats, the currency of Venice, have long been a prestigious means of payment and have often been imitated. / Bridgeman Images

XCL499510: The Immaculate Conception, c.1680 (oil on canvas) , Murillo, Bartolome Esteban (1618-82) / Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA / Bridgeman Images

LWE410750: Shawl [Perraje], Totonicapan, Guatemala, 1955 (cotton & dye), Guatemalan School, (20th century) / Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami / Bridgeman Images

NAM5925094: The Angel of Death, 1939-1945 (tempera on canvas), Romyn, Conrad (Dick) (b.1915) / National Army Museum, London / Bridgeman Images

JSA617475: W.H. Auden, Clement Greenberg, Tania Stern and friends at Green Cottage, Amenia, New York, summer 1941 (b/w photo) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174229: Iraq: Detail of Akkadian cuneiform wedge writing, c. 2500 BCE / Bridgeman Images

LAG3848960: Scene from Richard Wagner / Bridgeman Images

MAN5883765: Flowers in a Vase, 1934-36 (oil on strawboard), Hitchens, Ivon (1893-1979) / Manchester Art Gallery, UK / Bridgeman Images

WAK3663540: Tibia Graft, 1949 (oil & pencil on paper), Hepworth, Barbara (1903-75) / The Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK / Bridgeman Images

LIS2653170: Allegory, 1938 (oil on canvas), Sausmarez, Maurice de (1915-69) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

CVL500168: Scroll, 1978 (oil on canvas), Guston, Philip (1913-80) / Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA / Bridgeman Images

FER6439495: Woman and Child in Ladderback Chair, 1952 (bronze), Moore, Henry Spencer (1898-1986) / Ferens Art Gallery, Hull Museums, UK / Bridgeman Images

BON47111: Amethyst and diamond ring; opal and diamond ring; pearl and cushion shaped diamond abstract cluster ring by King; gold lovebird brooch by Boucheron, Paris; diamond set brooch/pendant in the shape of a spider's web by Charles de Temple; diamond earclips designed as coffee beans, pave set with diamonds; cushion shaped tourmaline ring; South sea cultured pearl and diamond ring; unmounted drop shape black opal / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images